Wire-stretcher



H. HEMENWAY. Wire Stretchers.

No. 228,350. Patented Jun 1, 18 80.

JzzzW-M MPETERS, FHUTD-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D O NI'IED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HANEY HEMENWAY, OF RIDOTT, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED R. GARVER, OF ROCKFORD,ILLINOIS.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,350, dated June 1,1880. Application filed February 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANEY HEMENWAY, of Itidott, in the county ofStephenson, and in the State of Illinois,have invented certainImprovements in Fence-Wire Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in devices for stretching and tightening wire forwire fences and similar purposes, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showingpart of the chain; Fig. 2, a perspective view, showing the other end ofthe chain.

A is a metal bar, formed at one end with a hook, B, and having a sidebar, A, attached to it, so as to constitute a frame, in which is mounteda roller, 0." This roller is provided with a series of radialequidistant teeth or cogs, a c, and a crank, E, for rotating it.

In the end of the frame formed by the bars A A are two pins, 1) b,forming a guide, in which the chain D works.

Immediately in front of the upper pin, 1), is pivoted a latch, d, todrop into the links of the chain and prevent any backward movement ofthe same.

The chain D, passing between the pins 1) I) over the cogged roller 0,hangs down under the frame, as shown, its inner end having a ringattached to it to prevent its being entirely withdrawn.

In the outer end of .the chain is pivoted an eccentric lever, G, towhich a sliding clamp, H, is connected by pivots, as shown in Fig. 2.

On the forward part of the frame A A is pivoted a slotted plate orarm,I. In this is pivoted an eccentric lever, G, and to it a sliding clamp,H.

The hook B is to be applied to the fencepost in any convenient mannerand the chain D extended. The wire to be stretched is then placed in theclamp H and the eccentric lever Gr turned to hold the same. The crankmay now be turned to rotate the roller 0, when its cogs or teeth a willtake hold in the links of the chain and pull the same with the wire, thestrain of the wire keeping the clamp tightly closed and thus preventingthe wire from slipping. As each link passes from between the pins 1) bthe latch d drops down and prevents the chain from slipping.

When the wire has'been sufificiently stretched it-is placed in the clampH and held by the eccentric G, so that the chain may be loosened and thewire fastened to the fence-post by any ordinary means.

What I claim is The combination of the frame A A with hook'B, toothedroller or spool, chain having clamping attachment, and the latch d, allconstructed as described.

In testimony. that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 18th dayof December, 1879.

HANEY HEMENWAY.

Witnesses:

(3. W. MILLER, W. V. HEMENWAY.

